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In Anne George’s “Murder Carries a Torch,” Southern matrons Mary Alice and Patricia Ann have just returned from a visit to Warsaw when their cousin “Pukey Lukey” (known for his carsickness) calls for help – his wife of 40 years, Virginia, has run off with a preacher who’s also a part-time house painter. The search leads the three to Chandler Mountain, where the rattlesnake-handling preacher is “healing” his flock. Join the author at iVillage.com tomorrow at 8 p.m. to find out more about her novel.

* Award-winning radio documentarian Davis Isay has teamed up with radio producer Stacy Abramson and photographer Harvey Wang for “Flophouse: Life on the Bowery.” The Bowery – America’s most famous skid row – was once home to more than 50 flophouses, or low-cost hotels, where the down and out could stay for a few dollars a night. Isay, Abramson and Wang meticulously documented – over the course of decades – the lives of many men who called the Bowery home. Meet those who put together “Flophouse” Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble at 4 Astor Place.

* Natalie Goldberg will chat about the art of writing at iVillage.com on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Goldberg, the author of the highly successful “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within,” and “Wild Mind,” has written a follow-up, “Thunder & Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft.” Her previous books focused on inspiring would-be writers; this latest effort offers ways to overcome writer’s block and suggestions on how to turn ideas and characters into polished works of fiction.

* Mia Yun was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to the United States to study creative writing. Her debut novel, “House of the Winds,” takes place in Korea in the 1960s – a time when Korea was a country of villages with clean air, a time that no longer exists. The book tells of the struggles faced by women in the aftermath of the Korean War and Japanese rule. It’s narrated by Kyung-a, the youngest of three children being raised by a single mother. Join Yun on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble at 675 Sixth Ave., where she’ll read from her novel.